Self-driving cars will reduce traffic fatalities and also change who dies.

Dec 16, 2024
10:17:11pm

DirtyWater Truly Addicted User

Is that comforting?

Terrible for the folks who die. But we won’t really know who the many folks are who otherwise lived.

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Self-driving cars will reduce traffic fatalities and also change who dies.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:17pm

Expound

macdizzle

Dec 16, 10:19pm

Good drivers today can keep themselves and their passengers safer. Poor drivers

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:28pm

I wouldn't want to die because a computer glitched

BYUBandfan

Dec 16, 10:35pm

We are all in a simulation anyway.

macdizzle

Dec 16, 10:37pm

No glitch needed. Its the trolley problem- and it will have to be pre-determined who dies-

BeyondTheMark

Dec 16, 10:38pm

I wouldn’t want to die for any reason. But if I were put in a situation where

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 10:43pm

To some extent. Good drivers are often victims of bad drivers

JoeExotic

Dec 16, 10:36pm

I’ve saved myself and passengers multiple times with my sweet driving skills.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:40pm

There are many, many situations where defensive driving won’t do a thing

JoeExotic

Dec 16, 10:44pm

True, like when a tunnel ceiling panel fell on an immigrant driving his wife to

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:46pm

Who said driving skills don’t matter?

JoeExotic

Dec 16, 10:49pm

if AI continues to progress as most predict, you'll have self driving cars that

franklyvulgar

Dec 16, 10:51pm

We already have it in a few select areas of the country.

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 11:22pm

A good driver’s reaction time is only as good as a human’s can be. A computer’s

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 10:46pm

Google says their quantum chip provides evidence the multiverse does exist.

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:37pm

because Q bits can be in multiple states at the same time instead of 0/1,

franklyvulgar

Dec 16, 10:40pm

Ha. I know. I read about it and come away more confused than before.

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:42pm

Q bits? Like the guy from Star Trek?

TNT

Dec 16, 11:01pm

RE: Q bits? Like the guy from Star Trek?

franklyvulgar

Dec 16, 11:02pm

Is there a John-Luck Pickerd here?

TNT

Dec 16, 11:07pm

RE: Q bits? Like the guy from Star Trek?

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 11:03pm

Great episode

TNT

Dec 16, 11:09pm

For some reason people feel more comfortable if 10 people die because of human

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 10:40pm

Some good human drivers are better than self-driving cars.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:44pm

I bet you actually stink at driving

JoeExotic

Dec 16, 11:00pm

I bet you stink at taking care of tigers.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 11:06pm

Uhh…that’s actually exactly one of the things you can definitively prove

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 11:20pm

Okay. Try it.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 11:24pm

I’ve always believed, the people who get to live should be the best drivers

RealTaysomHill

Dec 16, 11:31pm

I would really like it if you get a DUI and they say, ok, no more steering wheel

Heath Squashwell

Dec 16, 10:48pm

Amen

TNT

Dec 16, 11:01pm

I can't wait for self driving to become the norm

Blue Cougar

12:58am

I am more worried about motion sickness than deaths

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